Android 16 QPR2 may let you flip your Pixel’s navigation bar like on Samsung phones (Update: Demo)

Name: Android 16 QPR2 may let you flip your Pixel’s navigation bar like on Samsung phones (Update: Demo)
Uploaded: 2025-09-29T15:04:52+00:00
Channel: dbadmin
Description: TL;DR Google is adding a long-awaited option to Pixel phones that lets users reverse the order of the three-button navigation bar. This feature allows users to switch to the “Recents, Home, Back” layout, which is the default on Samsung Galaxy phones. We discovered evidence for the new setting in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, but

by dbadmin | Sep 29, 2025 | Android 16, Authority Insights, News

TL;DR

Google is adding a long-awaited option to Pixel phones that lets users reverse the order of the three-button navigation bar.
This feature allows users to switch to the “Recents, Home, Back” layout, which is the default on Samsung Galaxy phones.
We discovered evidence for the new setting in Android 16 QPR2 Beta 2, but the setting isn’t live yet.

Update 1, September 29, 2025 (10:33 AM ET): With some tinkering, we managed to fully enable the new button order feature. You can see it in action in the video embedded above, or check out the screenshot of the settings page below.